Comments on: Loyalty or passion? http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2007/02/21/loyalty-or-passion/ Moving from imagination to impact... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:55:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Ben Martin http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2007/02/21/loyalty-or-passion/#comment-4915 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:32:00 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2007/02/21/loyalty-or-passion/#comment-4915 By their very nature, these either/or questions oversimplify the nuances of association work. I dispute the notion that passion necessarily produces loyalty. A passionate member can fester and infect others too, with good and bad results. A member who is passionately opposed to an assn policy or stance might be just what the assn needs to engage in meaningful debate, but s/he sure can be a pain in the @$$, er, distraction sometimes. Luckily you can have both passion and loyalty in a single member, and in my experience it doesn't seem to matter which begets which. The truth is, we need passionate members, and loyal members, and members who are both. By their very nature, these either/or questions oversimplify the nuances of association work. I dispute the notion that passion necessarily produces loyalty. A passionate member can fester and infect others too, with good and bad results. A member who is passionately opposed to an assn policy or stance might be just what the assn needs to engage in meaningful debate, but s/he sure can be a pain in the @$$, er, distraction sometimes. Luckily you can have both passion and loyalty in a single member, and in my experience it doesn’t seem to matter which begets which. The truth is, we need passionate members, and loyal members, and members who are both.

]]> by: Kelley Burrus http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2007/02/21/loyalty-or-passion/#comment-4885 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:22:40 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2007/02/21/loyalty-or-passion/#comment-4885 A loyal member lacking passion is the same as a bad strawberry in the middle of the container. It's just sitting there festering, threatening to accelerate the surrounding berries' demise. "Festering" is contagious...especially in large groups. The association leader must re-engage or cull....simple as that. A loyal member lacking passion is the same as a bad strawberry in the middle of the container. It’s just sitting there festering, threatening to accelerate the surrounding berries’ demise. “Festering” is contagious…especially in large groups. The association leader must re-engage or cull….simple as that.

]]> by: Matt Baehr http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2007/02/21/loyalty-or-passion/#comment-4878 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:35:29 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2007/02/21/loyalty-or-passion/#comment-4878 I would agree. Passion rules, and usually begets loyalty. I would agree. Passion rules, and usually begets loyalty.

]]> by: Shawn Lea http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2007/02/21/loyalty-or-passion/#comment-4875 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:47:13 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2007/02/21/loyalty-or-passion/#comment-4875 But if you have passionate members and your association and its employees are passionate about the association's mission, wouldn't that de facto be the formula for a loyal membership? I'm just saying is all. ;) But if you have passionate members and your association and its employees are passionate about the association’s mission, wouldn’t that de facto be the formula for a loyal membership?

I’m just saying is all. ;)

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